card games: any of various card games for usually four players in two partnerships that bid for the right to declare a trump suit, seek to win tricks (see trickentry 1 sense 4) equal to the final bid, and play with the hand of declarer 's partner exposed and played by declarer
Next year, Elliott said, the center will begin offering a summer bridge program specifically for neurodivergent students, with a similar curriculum.—Olivia Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 Key people need to meet at least daily to share information, coordinate action, and bridge divides, as happened in Arkansas during the pandemic and in Massachusetts following the Boston Marathon bombing.—Asa Hutchinson, STAT, 6 June 2024
Verb
It is hoped that policies like the Opportunity Card can help bridge that gap and make Germany more attractive in an inevitable talent race with other aging European countries.—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 May 2024 Their mission is to bridge the maternal health equity gap.—Essence Editors, Essence, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for bridge
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English brigge, from Old English brycg; akin to Old High German brucka bridge, Old Church Slavonic brŭvŭno beam
Verb
Middle English briggen, going back to Old English brycgian, noun derivative of brycgbridge entry 1
Noun (2)
alteration of earlier biritch, of unknown origin
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
: a strand of protoplasm extending between two cells
c
: a partial denture held in place by anchorage to adjacent teeth
d
: a connection (as an atom or group of atoms) that joins two different parts of a molecule (as opposite sides of a ring)
e
: an area of physical continuity between two chromatids persisting during the later phases of mitosis and constituting a possible source of somatic genetic change
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